My canon 70D,i have now changed to the 7D,i was able to import raws with the 70D,but i can,t seem to be able to import raws with the canon 7D,LR does not show them in the import,i have everything ticked that should be the same as i had it before.

I am running LR 5.6,when i open up LR & click on import photos it does not show any raws at all,but if it is jpegs they show up no problem.

I have all the things ticked that should be about jpegs & raws.

I can import the raws with the EOS Utility & then in DPP & then put them into a folder on my PC,then i can import them into LR as raws but that is just too much to go through,never did that with my 70D.

So i might just have to stick to jpegs,but i have always used raws,which i prefer,thanks guys.

I can import the raws with the EOS Utility & then in DPP & then put them into a folder on my PC,then i can import them into LR as raws but that is just too much to go through,never did that with my 70D.

You don't need to do that - you can easily use the computer's file system (it's what I do): card into card reader, browse to it via Windows Explorer, copy the image folder to wherever on your PC you want them to be.

I am running LR 5.6,when i open up LR & click on import photos it does not show any raws at all,but if it is jpegs they show up no problem.

Are you attaching the camera to the PC to do this? This has long been considered to be a flaky, inconsistent and unreliable way to get images onto the computer: I really would recommend a card reader.

Thanks for your reply,at the moment i am using a usb cable to connect the camera,i will be getting another card reader as my PC only has an SD card reader,so probably this may be the problem until i get a new card reader.

This is not a problem with LR not recognizing the files as much as the OS not having a way to show LR the files, so installing the codecs can help the OS show LR the files, because the camera is being presented to the OS as a Device not a drive-letter. At least this was the situation with someone else within the last few days using an old Canon XSi 450D which was released about the same time as the 7D and installing the codec helped them.

There is one for Windows 8.1, but apparently not for Windows 8.1 Update 1, so I guess MS hasn’t publishing one this year after Update 1 was released, or maybe Update 1 includes support natively if you have Pro. I have no idea:

I have Windows 8.1 Update 1 with the Pro Pack and a Canon 450D/XSi from around the time the 7D came out and I can import raw photos from it ok in LR. I rarely do this and almost always use Explorer to copy the files to my hard-drive and then do an Add Import from there.

It shouldn't make a difference if the Codec isn't installed as the CR2 files should still show in the browser as it will in the OS but no thumbnails.

In Preferences General, if you select "Treat JPEG Files next to RAW files as separate photos" you will then see all the CR2/JPG files, if it isn't selected you will only see the CR2 (but without the CODEC no thumbnails) but it will import both the CR2 and JPEG files.

I use both 5D Mk III and 7D and have no issues except the fact that the thumbnails were not displayed until I installed the CODEC pack.

That codec pack doesn't work on Windows 8.1 Pro Update 1, I just tried. The one I linked to, last, does work on mine. Of course if the OP doesn't have exactly the same Windows 8.1 as I do maybe yours will work for him.

I'm suspicious that the 70D may have installed something that makes the 7D not quite work and installing the codec pack was one way to possibly get it to work, if the OP can find the version of the codec pack that will install and not report that it is not applicable to their OS version.

What is also strange is that the CODEC pack was part of the OS but sometimes need to be installed to make it active. Anyway he says that he can see (I assume thumbnails as well) RAW files for the 70D and that update to the Microsoft CODEC was installed through Windows Update in December 2013 so I can view 70D files on my system.

The only thing I can think of is the RAW/JPEG combination which will only show half of the files in the import unless you make LR see them as separate imports.

As i said i have the correct things ticked in LR as i have been using it for a few years,it is since i got the 7D that it shows no raws in LR at all,it sees the jpegs only,i will have a last go at the codecs then maybe forget it & just shoot jpegs,i have tried all the microsoft codecs & none of them work.

I can shoot raw only & LR does not see anything when i try to import,no files but on the left panel it shows the 7D there,so maybe when i get another CF card reader to try it might work,if not then that,s that.

Here is something strange though i can tether shoot using raws & it shows up in LR ?